10 Directors That Should Never Have Complete Creative Control
3. Zack Snyder
The DC Extended Universe has been built on Zack Snyders flair for bombastic box off behemoths comprised of visceral fight scenes, gritty backdrops and healthy dollops of slow motion where possible. With Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Justice League Part 1 and Justice League Part 2 lined up, its unlikely that hell change path any time soon. Films like Legend Of The Guardians, Sucker Punch and 300: Dawn Of An Empire (which Snyder wrote and produced), prove a worrying fact, though Snyder is willing to dole out his visual style on films that arent really that strong story-wise. His impressive visual flair is much-beloved, but it shouldnt be more important than a good script. If youre the type to hate on Man Of Steel, you could argue that it fits this same mould. Superman levels buildings and snaps necks in the film its very Snyder-y, but not very Superman-y. To be fair to Snyder, though, he didnt write Man Of Steel. The point still stands Snyders bankable visual style shouldnt allow him creative control. A film and its characters shouldnt be shaped and moulded around Snyder if the script isnt right. He shouldnt have full creative control, but a strong team around him at every step of the way. Chris Terrio (Argos Oscar-winning writer, brought in to help with Snyder's DC movies) could be his dream collaborator.
